Authenticate and authorize as a Google Chat user

Java

• A Business or Enterprise Google Workspace account with access to Google Chat.
• Create a Google Cloud project.
• Enable and configure the Google Chat API with a name, icon, and description for your Chat app.
• JDK 1.7 or greater
• The Maven package management tool
• An initialized Maven project. To initialize a new project, run the following command in your command-line interface:

  mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.google.chat.app.authsample -DartifactId=auth-sample-app -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DarchetypeVersion=1.4 -DinteractiveMode=false

Python

• A Business or Enterprise Google Workspace account with access to Google Chat.
• Create a Google Cloud project.
• Enable and configure the Google Chat API with a name, icon, and description for your Chat app.
• Python 3.6 or greater
• The pip package management tool

Node.js

• A Business or Enterprise Google Workspace account with access to Google Chat.
• Create a Google Cloud project.
• Enable and configure the Google Chat API with a name, icon, and description for your Chat app.
• Node.js 14 or greater
• The npm package management tool
• An initialized Node.js project. To initialize a new project, create and switch into a new folder, then run the following command in your command-line interface:

  npm init

Apps Script

• A Business or Enterprise Google Workspace account with access to Google Chat.
• Create a Google Cloud project.
• Enable and configure the Google Chat API with a name, icon, and description for your Chat app.
• Create a standalone Apps Script project, and turn on the Advanced Chat Service.

Java

To add the Google client libraries and other required dependencies to your Maven project, edit the file pom.xml in your project's directory and add the following dependencies:

<dependencies>
  <!-- ... existing dependencies ... -->
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-api-services-chat</artifactId>
    <version>v1-rev20230905-2.0.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.auth</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
    <version>1.19.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
    <artifactId>google-oauth-client-jetty</artifactId>
    <version>1.34.1</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
      <version>2.10.1</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Python

If you haven't already installed the Google client libraries for Python, run the following command in your command-line interface:

pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-oauthlib

Node.js

To add the Google client libraries and other required dependencies to your Node.js project, switch into your project's directory and run the following command in your command-line interface:

npm install "@googleapis/chat" open server-destroy

Apps Script

This sample uses the Advanced Chat service to call Google Chat API. To turn on the service for your Apps Script project:

1. At the left, click Editor code.
2. At the left, next to Services, click Add a service add.
3. Select Google Chat API.
4. In Version, select v1.
5. Click Add.

Java

1. In your project's directory, open the file src/main/java/com/google/chat/app/authsample/App.java.

2. Replace the contents in App.java with the following code:

   package com.google.chat.app.authsample;
   
   import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential;
   import com.google.api.client.extensions.java6.auth.oauth2.AuthorizationCodeInstalledApp;
   import com.google.api.client.extensions.jetty.auth.oauth2.LocalServerReceiver;
   import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow;
   import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleClientSecrets;
   import com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport;
   import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
   import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
   import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
   import com.google.api.client.util.store.FileDataStoreFactory;
   import com.google.api.services.chat.v1.HangoutsChat;
   import com.google.api.services.chat.v1.model.Space;
   
   import java.io.InputStreamReader;
   import java.util.Collection;
   import java.util.Collections;
   
   /**
    * Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials, then creates a Chat space.
    */
   public class App {
       // Application OAuth credentials.
       private static final String KEYS_RESOURCE_URI = "/client_secrets.json";
   
       // Define your app's authorization scopes.
       private static final Collection<String> SCOPES =
           Collections.singleton("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create");
   
       // Directory to store user credentials.
       private static final java.io.File DATA_STORE_DIR =
           new java.io.File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".store/auth-sample-app");
   
       // Global instance of the JSON factory.
       private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
   
       // Global instance of the HTTP transport.
       private static HttpTransport httpTransport;
   
       // Global instance of the DataStoreFactory. The best practice is to make it a single
       // globally shared instance across your application.
       private static FileDataStoreFactory dataStoreFactory;
   
       public static void main( String[] args ) {
           try {
               // Run app.
               httpTransport = GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport();
               dataStoreFactory = new FileDataStoreFactory(DATA_STORE_DIR);
               Credential userCredential = authorize();
               Space response = App.createChatSpace(userCredential);
               // Print details about the created space.
               System.out.println(response);
           } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
           }
       }
   
       /**
        * Authorizes the installed application to access user's protected data.
        */
       private static Credential authorize() throws Exception {
           // Load client secrets.
           GoogleClientSecrets clientSecrets = GoogleClientSecrets.load(JSON_FACTORY,
               new InputStreamReader(App.class.getResourceAsStream("/client_secrets.json")));
           // Set up authorization code flow.
           GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow flow = new GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow.Builder(
               httpTransport, JSON_FACTORY, clientSecrets, SCOPES)
               .setDataStoreFactory(dataStoreFactory)
               .build();
           // Authorize.
           return new AuthorizationCodeInstalledApp(flow, new LocalServerReceiver()).authorize("user");
       }
   
       /**
        * Creates a Chat space.
        */
       private static Space createChatSpace(Credential userCredential) throws Exception {
           // Build the Chat API client and authenticate with the user account.
           HangoutsChat chatService = new HangoutsChat.Builder(
               httpTransport, JSON_FACTORY, userCredential)
               .setApplicationName("auth-sample-app")
               .build();
   
           // Create a Chat space.
           Space space = new Space()
               // To create a named space, set spaceType to SPACE.
               .setSpaceType("SPACE")
               // The user-visible name of the space.
               .setDisplayName("API-made");
           return chatService.spaces().create(space).execute();
       }
   }
   

3. Create a new subdirectory named resources within your project's directory.

4. Copy the file client_secrets.json to the resources subdirectory.

5. To configure Maven to include the client secrets file in the project package, edit the file pom.xml in your project's directory and add the following configuration to the <build> section:

   <build>
     <!-- ... existing configurations ... -->
     <resources>
       <resource>
         <directory>resources</directory>
       </resource>
     </resources>
   </build>
   

6. To configure Maven to include the dependencies in the project package and to execute your application's main class, edit the file pom.xml in your project's directory and add the following configuration to the <plugins> section:

   <plugins>
     <!-- ... existing configurations ... -->
     <plugin>
       <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
       <configuration>
         <archive>
           <manifest>
             <mainClass>com.google.chat.app.authsample.App</mainClass>
           </manifest>
         </archive>
         <descriptorRefs>
           <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
         </descriptorRefs>
       </configuration>
     </plugin>
   </plugins>
   

Python

1. Save the following code in a file named chat_space_create_named.py in the same directory that holds client_secrets.json:

   from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
   from googleapiclient.discovery import build
   
   # Define your app's authorization scopes.
   # When modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json, if it exists.
   SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create"]
   
   def main():
     '''
     Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials,
     then creates a Chat space.
     '''
   
     flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
                       'client_secrets.json', SCOPES)
     creds = flow.run_local_server()
   
     # Build a service endpoint for Chat API.
     service = build('chat', 'v1', credentials=creds)
   
     # Use the service endpoint to call Chat API.
     result = service.spaces().create(
   
       # Details about the space to create.
       body = {
   
         # To create a named space, set spaceType to SPACE.
         'spaceType': 'SPACE',
   
         # The user-visible name of the space.
         'displayName': 'API-made'
   
       }
   
     ).execute()
   
     # Prints details about the created space.
     print(result)
   
   if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
   

Node.js

1. Save the following code in a file named chat_space_create_named.js in the same directory that holds the Node.js project and client_secrets.json:

   const fs = require('fs');
   const path = require('path');
   const http = require('http');
   const url = require('url');
   const destroyer = require('server-destroy');
   
   const chat = require('@googleapis/chat');
   
   // Application OAuth credentials.
   const keys = require('./client_secrets.json').installed;
   
   // Define your app's authorization scopes.
   // When modifying these scopes, delete the file token.json, if it exists.
   const scopes = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create"];
   
   // Create a new OAuth2 client with the configured keys.
   const oauth2Client = new chat.auth.OAuth2(
     keys.client_id,
     keys.client_secret,
     'http://localhost:3000'
   );
   
   /**
    * Opens an HTTP server to accept the OAuth callback.
    * In this simple example, the only request to our webserver is to /?code=<code>.
    */
   async function authenticate(scopes) {
     const opn = (await import('open')).default;
   
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // Generate the URL for authorization.
       const authorizeUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
         access_type: 'offline',
         scope: scopes.join(' '),
       });
       // Start the HTTP server to listen for the callback.
       const server = http
         .createServer(async (req, res) => {
           try {
             const qs = new url.URL(req.url, 'http://localhost:3000').searchParams;
             res.end('Authentication successful! Please return to the console.');
             server.destroy();
             const { tokens } = await oauth2Client.getToken(qs.get('code'));
             oauth2Client.credentials = tokens;
             resolve(oauth2Client);
           } catch (e) {
             reject(e);
           }
         })
         .listen(3000, () => {
           // Open the browser to the authorize URL to start the workflow.
           opn(authorizeUrl, { wait: false }).then(cp => cp.unref());
         });
       destroyer(server);
     });
   }
   
   /**
    * Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials, then creates a Chat space.
    */
   async function createSpace() {
     // Create the Chat API client and authenticate with the authorized user.
     const chatClient = await chat.chat({
       version: 'v1',
       auth: oauth2Client
     });
   
     // Call the Chat API to create a space.
     const result = await chatClient.spaces.create({
   
       // Details about the space to create.
       requestBody: {
   
         // To create a named space, set spaceType to SPACE.
         'spaceType': 'SPACE',
   
         // The user-visible name of the space.
         'displayName': 'API-made'
   
       }
   
     });
     return result;
   }
   
   // Authenticate the user, execute the function,
   // then print details about the created space.
   authenticate(scopes)
     .then(createSpace)
     .then(console.log);
   

Apps Script

1. In the Apps Script editor, edit the file appsscript.json and add the OAuth scope necessary to call the API:

     "oauthScopes": [
       "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chat.spaces.create"
     ]
   

2. Save the following code in a file named ChatSpaceCreateNamed.gs in your Apps Script project:

   /**
    * Authenticates with Chat API via user credentials, then creates a
    * Chat space.
    */
   function createSpace() {
     try {
       // Details about the space to create.
       // To create a named space, set spaceType to SPACE.
       // The user-visible name of the space is displayName.
       const space = {'displayName': 'API-made', 'spaceType': 'SPACE'};
   
       // Call Chat API with user credentials to create the space.
       const result = Chat.Spaces.create(space);
   
       // Log details about the created space.
       console.log(result);
     } catch (err) {
       // TODO (developer) - Handle exception
       console.log('Failed to create space with error %s', err.message);
     }
   }
   

Java

mvn compile assembly:single
java -jar target/auth-sample-app-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar

Python

python3 chat_space_create_named.py

Node.js

node chat_space_create_named.js

Apps Script

Open the file ChatSpaceCreateNamed.gs in the Apps Script Editor and click Run.